Thank you… Like, as a content creator who IS kind of uncomfortable with the idea of fictionkin of their work, I just wanted a little advice? It’s mostly because I identify very strongly with my works- they’re a part of me, and I, it… So it feels weird to me, like people are identifying as ME on some level. Hearing what you had to say really helped a lot though, thank you. I hope you have a good day.

I’m glad I could help. Personally, I would take it as a compliment. If someone identifies as kin from a fiction of yours, its becasue…

So I think I might be fictionkin. There is a character I feel a close similarity to and people who know both him and me have actually commented that we’re alike. I feel at home in the canon world he’s from and I think I even feel the same for a different character… But the thing is, I don’t have what many fictionkin described, that they look at their fictype and think THIS IS ME, see? I don’t know what to think. Does that nean I can’t be fictionkin?

(Anon who doesn’t get the IT’S ME feeling) I also may possibly have memories of being this character? Difficult to say whether that’s just overactive…

(1/2) Hi! First off, I reallyreally love your blog a lot. You’re incredibly well articulated and have brought up topics that I’ve never even considered before. I had an inquiry myself, and you may possibly have answered something similar in the deep recesses of your blog, but… Gonna go for it anyway. I have a lot of discomfort surrounding my death and how the fandom depicts it. The common and widely excepted theory is that it was intentional suicide on my part, and I was doing it because

(2/2) I wanted to protect the others and give them a warning, and that I was so smart and chose to take my own way…

Since I was little I had this strong ‘I don’t belong in this world/I’m not supposed to be here’ type feeling. I found the canon I’m apart of when I was thirteen. Memories started coming back to me almost immediately and I cried almost everyday because of how painfully bittersweet it was to remember. I miss my world a lot. I miss my friends and I miss my lover. I went through a lot with them, we went through so much to be happy and now I’m not with them. (cont. in another ask)

( cont.) In my last life I was lonely in the beginning and then I met them and things got better. In this life…I don’t…

Hello! Recently, I discovered that I’m kin with a guy who was… Really bad. Like, bad enough that he murdered a lot of people and ruined a lot of lives. And recently, I also found a few people who identify as people I wronged horribly back then. I’m too scared to approach them as I don’t even know how to begin to ask for forgiveness (which is something I feel is necessary). Do you think they would hold it against me since I’m (literally) a different person now?

Hello, anon. I certainly understand how you feel as that describes my own ‘kintype’ to a T. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I haven’t had the luck…

I notice you put a lot of emphasis on identifying AS your fictotype. Do I count as fictionkin if I believe I was my fictotype in a past life, but I don’t currently identify as them? My apologies as I’m sure you’ve been asked this before, but I went through a few pages of your blog and read some of your links and didn’t see anything specifically about this.

Absolutely. When I put the emphasis on ‘as’, what I mean is, that its a part of your identity, or your past. Part of your…

Recently I’ve started to think that I may be fictionkin; I’ve never really ‘believed’ in fictionkin, but I recently watched the anime Haikyuu!! and one character, Kenma, just stood out to me so much. They were onscreen for less than a minute and I felt overwhelming emotion towards them, like I /was/ them. The fact that this was strong enough for me to accept possibly being fictionkin means its serious, but I’m still uncomfortable. Do you know any ways to make the journey to acceptance smoother?

The journey to accepting yourself as fictionkin, is, like any other journey of acceptance, long, and hard. I would say, longer and harder than many…

Hey Ken! I’ve been thinking.. I’ve kind of accepted it by now, but… I think I’m Digimon kin, DMW1 leaning Digital Monsterkin. I always kind of see my kintypes as half separate from me, so it’s a bit weird though. I see it as, since every Digimon can be hatched as a fresh, or reduced to pure data, almost all Digimon can become almost all other Digimon, in theory. Does it make sense? I don’t know any other Digimon, so I don’t know if this would be strange.

I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here, but its good to meet you ^^ Kin that hail from the Digital World in one…

ectoslimers: recently i’ve noticed a schism in the otherkin/fictionkin community. a lot of people use the same labels, but have very differing experiences! so some…

ectoslimers: recently i’ve noticed a schism in the otherkin/fictionkin community. a lot of people use the same labels, but have very differing experiences! so some…

bitcheshavebirthdays: Honestly I wonder if any of the responses to that survey were trolls. The community has deteriorated because of Tumblr, but people saying to…

bitcheshavebirthdays: fromfiction: Survey results as of now: part 1 View part 2 Take the survey These results are with 100 responses. I’ll post another round…

hey, hi. I’m a non-binary thing in the world of tumblr and i don’t mean to be offensive, but are there any statistics or research about fictionkin/otakukin out there to see? i already looked through your info here, and i’m trying really hard to be open minded about this, but it’s extremely difficult for me to understand, since it involves worlds from peoples’ content and minds rather than religion or reality.

You have in fact, inspired me to make a proper survey.

When espousing your views of alternate dimensions and multi-verse story lines, do you ever consider that “fictionkin” is essentially plagiarism? You’re taking someone else’s very hard work and laying claim to their ideas just because you like it. You do realize you have no actual emotional, legal or intellectual claim on any of this. You have no right to someone else’s imaginary friends. I’m just really curious whether or not you understand that.

Hello, I see that you are a career troll, and probably get your jollies by trying to offend as many people per day as you…

justice-incarnated: fromfiction: justice-incarnated: I think the reason I instinctively think anime fictionkin stuff applies to me is because(aside from being such a massive weeb it’s…

justice-incarnated: I think the reason I instinctively think anime fictionkin stuff applies to me is because(aside from being such a massive weeb it’s what you’d…

Hello! I’ve been doing a lot of research lately, and everything I’ve read about fictionkin just seems to fit me. I know my “canon” as I think it’s called and everything, but there’s a problem. None of the characters feel like me, but that particular canon universe feels like my home and I’m positive many of the characters were my friends or acquaintances. Could it be possible that I’m not someone shown on screen or does that not fit the definition of “fictionkin?” Thanks so much for your help!

As I have said to many before, this absolutely fits the definition of fictionkin. Believing you are from, and have experience in a fictional world…